Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 267 Gao Pingyang's Surrender
After a whole day of discussion, these people finally finalized the candidates, a total of twenty scribes.

These clerks are basically people with outstanding abilities in Xuanzhen, and those who are not outstanding will not be selected.

Liu Wenzhong took the selected list and called all these people to his classroom. Because the classroom is relatively small, these people have already been queued outside.

Liu Wenzhong looked at these people and said in a deep voice, "Do you know why I brought you here?"

Everyone looked at Liu Wenzhong, their faces were full of excitement. A scholar in his early 20s shouted at Liu Wenzhong: "We know what we are going to do. We were notified yesterday."

Liu Wenzhong nodded, and said, "Since I know, then I won't talk nonsense, in a word, I must not let you down.

Now that our Xuan Town is booming, the opportunities are the most. If you work hard, there will definitely be a place for you in Xuan Town in the future.

Alright, that's all I'll say, I'll write a note later, you can take this note to Zhao Daniu, General Zhao, and they will take you there. "

"I'm waiting for orders."

These people saluted Liu Wenzhong and said respectfully.

Liu Wenzhong took out a piece of rice paper from the table, buried his head in writing, and after a long while, Liu Wenzhong took out his big seal, stamped it, and handed it to one of these people.

Liu Wenzhong waved his hands at them, and said with a serious face: "Okay, you go to Zhao Daniu, General Zhao, I still have things to do."

These people saluted Liu Wenzhong again, and then went outside.

After these people went out, Liu Wenzhong stood up from his chair and went outside.

This matter has been done, but there is one more thing that needs to be done quickly.This event is to encourage businessmen to deliver food and refugees to Binh Duong.

Zhang Helang was in charge of the businessman's affairs, so Liu Wenzhong went directly to Zhang Helang's classroom.

The place where the two work is not far away, so it didn't take long for Liu Wenzhong to walk to Zhang Helang's classroom.

Zhang Helang looked at Liu Wenzhong who walked in, and hurriedly stood up, "Why does Brother Liu have time to come to my place?"

Liu Wenzhong said: "It's not because of what the lord ordered. How is your businessman doing?"

Zhang Helang smiled and said, "It's almost done. This is the charter I wrote overnight last night. Take a look."

Zhang Helang took down a thin booklet from the top of the documents on the table and handed it to Liu Wenzhong.

Liu Wenzhong took the booklet and flipped through it in detail.After a while, Liu Wenzhong closed the booklet, and said with a smile on his face, "It's true that I worked in the household department before, but it's different. You have done all kinds of terms and conditions in detail, which is not bad."

Zhang Helang said: "Since it works, then let's carry it out according to this method?"

Liu Wenzhong nodded and said, "Just follow your method."

At this time, Zhao Daniu had already assembled the troops, and when those scribes came to look for him, Zhao Daniu took them with him and headed towards Pingyang Mansion.

Just when Zhao Daniu led the troops towards Pingyang Mansion, Zhou Laoliu and other returning troops had already returned to Pingyang Mansion.

Zhou Lao Liu brought a large amount of food with him when he returned. After all, food is what Pingyang Mansion lacks the most.

Standing in front of the city gate of Pingyang Mansion, Zhao Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the food carried by Zhou Laoliu and others.

"With these grains, the people we brought in will be more secure." Zhao Wen looked at the grain convoys entering from the city gate with a relaxed expression on his face.

Zhou Laoliu stood behind Zhao Wen and said, "My lord, although we have transported so much food, we must hurry up to transport the refugees in Pingyang Mansion to Xuan Town."

Zhao Wen nodded and said: "After Zhao Daniu brings enough people, we will directly remove all the refugees from this Pingyang Mansion. As long as these refugees are brought to our Xuan Town, it will be terrible. "

"Okay, just keep an eye here, I'll go find Liu Wenqing."

Zhao Wen waved his hand at Zhou Laoliu, and then headed towards the city with a few guards.

At this time, Liu Wenqing was standing at his door, looking at Gao Pingyang, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, standing outside the door.

"Master Zhifu came to the humble house today, the humble house is really full of splendor." Liu Wenqing stood at the door, looked at Gao Pingyang who was wearing casual clothes and brought a master, and said with a smile on his face.

Gao Pingyang waved his hand at Liu Wenqing, and said with a smile on his face, "Don't Yuanwai Liu want me to sit in?"

Liu Wenqing hurriedly said: "How can this be possible? Mr. Gao is the parent officer of Pingyang Mansion, how can I keep the parent officer out of the door? Mr. Gao, please come inside."

Liu Wenqing bowed his body and hurriedly welcomed Gao Pingyang in.

Gao Pingyang nodded at Liu Wenqing, and then walked in.

"Come here, let's have some tea." Liu Wenqing welcomed Gao Pingyang into the hall, and shouted at the maid standing in the hall.

When the maids standing on both sides heard Liu Wenqing's words, they hurried outside.

When the servant girls brought the tea, Gao Pingyang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly, "I'm curious about your relationship with this group of people in this city? Especially the general soldier of Xuanzhen. As far as I know, the Xuanzhen Commander is now in our Pingyang Mansion."

Liu Wenqing smiled and said, "Hehe, it doesn't matter, it's just that Master Xuanzhen and I are old acquaintances."

Gao Pingyang put down the teacup in his hand, and said in a strange tone: "Is it really as simple as an old acquaintance? I see that you often do things for this general soldier of Xuan Town, and even give him food. If you are just old acquaintances, I don't think you should be like this."

"Hehehe, my lord, what do you think is the relationship between me and Mr. Zongbing?" Liu Wenqing chuckled twice, and looked at Gao Pingyang playfully.

Gao Pingyang smiled and said, "I don't have any malice in coming here today, I just want Yuanwai Liu to introduce me to Zongbing Zhao."

"Who do you want to introduce to me?" At this moment, Zhao Wen walked in from the outside. He looked at Gao Pingyang who was sitting in the hall, and asked pretendingly ignorantly: "Who is this?" ? Why am I so tense?"

Liu Wenqing hurriedly stood up and greeted him, "My lord, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Gao Pingyang, the parent and magistrate of Pingyang Mansion."

Zhao Wen looked at Gao Pingyang and said jokingly: "So it's the prefect. I should have gone to see you long ago. How could I let you come to me? It's really disrespectful."

Gao Pingyang stood up hastily, flattered and said: "Lord Chief Soldier, please don't discourage me. Compared with you, I'm nothing compared to you."

Zhao Wen sat on a chair by himself, looked at Gao Pingyang, and snorted softly, "Heh, why did I hear someone say that I want to recommend someone to me? What's going on?
Gao Pingyang hurriedly said: "My lord is exactly what I am talking about. I have admired Mr. Zongbing for a long time, so I want to get acquainted with Mr. Zongbing."

"This is really interesting. Why do you want to get acquainted with me for no reason? I am just a general, and this time I came to Pingyang Mansion privately. Are you not afraid that this matter will be known by His Majesty? Ordering soldiers is a major crime of treason, so you are not afraid of getting angry?" Zhao Wen looked at Gao Pingyang, his eyes narrowed gradually.

Being courteous for nothing is either rape or robbery, Zhao Wen didn't believe what Gao Pingyang said at all.

If you want to get to know yourself, you can definitely get to know him when you first came to Pingyang Mansion, why do you have to do it at this time?This is very abnormal.

Gao Pingyang seemed to have been seen through Zhao Wen's mind, his face flushed red, and his face was full of embarrassment.

Zhao Wen looked at Gao Pingyang like this, and said again: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and let go if you have to fart, I am short on time."

Not only was Gao Pingyang not annoyed, but he spoke excitedly.

Looking at Gao Pingyang's abnormal appearance, Zhao Wen frowned tightly.

It seems that this person really didn't hold back in his heart. How can a normal person still look excited after being scolded?
Gao Pingyang adjusted his mentality, and asked with a hint of flattery in his tone: "My lord, I heard that your lord went to encircle and suppress the thieves in Puzhou City and Daning City, isn't it?"

Zhao Wen glanced at Gao Pingyang lightly, and said indifferently: "So what if it is? So what if it's not? This matter doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does it?

"Your Excellency, I don't know, this year is my last year in Pingyang Mansion. After the Chinese New Year this year, my term of office will expire, and I will report to the capital at that time.

But you also know in the Pingyang Mansion today, if I go to the capital to report on my work in this state, let alone whether I can be promoted, I might not even save my life. "Gao Pingyang looked at Zhao Wen, complaining non-stop.

Gao Pingyang's ugly point today is that he wanted to get some credit for Zhao Wen through Liu Wenqing.

The fact that the thieves besieged Daning and other places is now known to the entire government and the public, and Daning and other places are under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Prefecture. If this matter cannot be resolved properly, for Gao Pingyang, this official will come to an end .

Originally, Gao Pingyang had already given up on Daning and other places. After all, he didn’t have soldiers in his hands, so even if he wanted to rescue him, he was powerless. , can't fight at all.

Before Puzhou and other places were captured, Gao Pingyang burned incense and worshiped Buddha almost every day, hoping that the bandits were just bluffing.

But who would have thought that Puzhou City and Daning City were like mud, and they were breached after a few days of persistence.

When the city was breached, Gao Pingyang also knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the matter.

Sure enough, when this matter was reported, the entire court was in an uproar, and the emperor was even more furious.

Not long after the city was breached, this Zhao Wen led his soldiers and horses and disappeared in Pingyang Mansion. At that time, he was still curious about the whereabouts of this group of people. Who knew that this group of people went to attack the bandits and won the battle. up.

What's more important is that this Zhao Wennai led the troops here privately. In this case, it would be impossible for him to report this matter to the court.

But this credit is indeed real, and now the entire Shanxi Chief Secretary is corrupt.

Because Zhao Wen's actions were so fast and the time it took was so short that the officials at all levels above and the emperor didn't even know that Daning City had been recovered.

While they don't know, if they take the credit for themselves and say that Daning City and other places were recovered by themselves, then not only will they not lose their hats, but they may even have a prosperous official career.

"What does what you said have anything to do with me? What does it matter to me that you lost your black hat?" Until now, Zhao Wen finally figured out what Gao Pingyang had in mind, and he came to ask me for credit.

When Gao Pingyang heard this, he became impatient, "My lord, you can't ignore me. The officials above will definitely not take the blame for this, and I, the official, say it's big or small, and it's appropriate to take the blame. If The adults don't care about me, if I don't have these credits, then I will die."

"What does your death have to do with me? Besides, why should I give you this credit? What can you bring me?"

Zhao Wen looked at Gao Pingyang indifferently, and said jokingly.

Gao Pingyang was at a loss for words for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Yes, why should people give this credit to themselves?I am not familiar with others.

If you don't take this credit into your hands, then you are really doomed.

"My lord, as long as you can give me the credit, I can do whatever you want me to do in the future. I will definitely follow your lead in the future. If you let me go east, I will never go west." Gao Pingyang looked anxiously. With Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen looked at Gao Pingyang, thinking nonstop.

To be honest, I really can't repay the credit for recovering these two cities.

To others, these two credits may not seem small, but to Zhao Wen, that is the case.

Even if it can be reported, the imperial court will not give any substantive rewards.

After all, according to the current development momentum of Xuanzhen, Zhao Wen may not be able to see the rewards offered by the court.

Zhao Wen put his right hand on the table, tapped his fingers non-stop, and turned his eyes to Gao Pingyang, who was sweating profusely, standing aside from time to time.

Gao Pingyang looked at Zhao Wen's posture, and didn't ask any more questions, but stood quietly aside, waiting for Zhao Wen's reply.

Time passed quietly, and after a while, Zhao Wen raised his head and looked at Gao Pingyang, "How should I trust you? You said you would surrender to me, how should I trust you?"

Gao Pingyang's eyes lit up, Zhao Wen said that it meant something was going on.

Gao Pingyang's face was full of excitement, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, what do you say? As long as your lord speaks, I will obey unconditionally."

"Since this is the case, then you can leave me a note. I can give you this credit, but I hope you can remember one sentence. I can give you this credit and I can take it back. I can climb to a high position with you , can also make you fall badly."

Zhao Wen said word by word, his face was full of threats.

"My lord, don't worry, I will definitely follow my lord's lead in the future. I will give you a written proof!" Seeing Zhao Wen's agreement, Gao Pingyang immediately patted his chest and said firmly.

(End of this chapter)